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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
accrete
    v 1: grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the
         rose bushes grew together"
    2: grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted
       emotion"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accrete \ac*crete"\ ([a^]k*kr[=e]t"), v. i. [From L. accretus,
   p. p. of accrescere to increase.]
   1. To grow together.
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   2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accrete \ac*crete"\, v. t.
   To make adhere; to add. --Earle.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accrete \ac*crete"\, a.
   1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
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   2. (Bot.) Grown together. --Gray.
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